M U S I C S T U D I E S M U S I C S T U D I O M U S I C S T U D I O Play the Acoustic Guitar: The Songs of the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, and More H ave you always wanted to play the guitar, but you were afraid it would be too hard to learn? This course will help make guitar playing easy and fun. At a comfortable pace, students will learn basic chords and right-hand accompaniment patterns and apply these techniques to easy folk and popular songs—including songs written by the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, and more. The course will also lead students through a study of elementary music reading on the instrument, which will allow them to acquire basic musicianship skills with the goal of playing simple melodies from standard musical notation. Additionally, this study will let students pick up a piece of sheet music and accurately follow the directions found there in terms of form, chord symbols, and meter. We will also cover how to tune with and without a guitar tuner, how to change a string, how to use a pick, and how and when to use a capo. At the end of the course, students will have the opportunity to play all of the songs they learned together during the quarter, and they can choose to perform for each other at a virtual open mic night. This course is designed for those with little or no experience in playing the acoustic guitar. Students should bring an acoustic guitar, tuner, pick, and portable music stand to each class session. l i sa sa nc h ez Instructor, Gryphon Stringed Instruments Lisa Sanchez has taught basic music and guitar at SF State and Gryphon. She studied jazz guitar with Warren Nunes and voice with jazz vocalist Mark Murphy. Sanchez has extensive professional experience as a vocalist and a free- lance jazz and pop guitarist. She performs regularly, and her latest album is Lisa Sanchez/Jon Eriksen Quartet. MUS 60 B Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:50 pm (PT) 8 weeks, June 29 – August 17 1 unit, $470 Limit: 20 Refund Deadline: July 1 Course Format: On-campus Play the Ukulele: Rock, Pop, and Folk G eorge Harrison wrote, “Everyone should have and play a ‘UKE.’ It’s so simple to carry with you and it is one instrument you can’t play and not laugh!” He carried his uke with him and gave away ukes to friends whenever he could. “Everyone I know who is into the ukulele is ‘crackers,’ so get yourself a few and enjoy yourselves,” he said. Good advice from a Beatle. This course offers an introduction to playing the ukulele. Geared toward both complete neophytes and experienced beginners, the course will teach students the basics of uke chords and strumming. A dozen or so chords will be covered as well as a few strum patterns and basic fingerpicking. Basic chart reading and rhythm studies will also be discussed. Each week, the class will learn a new song that utilizes new chords and tech- niques, and ultimately, students will play each song together as a group. By the end of the course, you will be “crackers”—or at least able to play along with rock, folk, and pop songs. This course is designed for those with little or no experi- ence in playing the ukulele. Students should bring a ukulele (soprano, concert, or tenor in C tuning) and a portable music stand to each class session. gr eg vaugh a n Instructor, Gryphon Stringed Instruments Greg Vaughan has taught guitar and ukulele at Gryphon for over two decades. He specializes in contemporary music, including alternative, punk, rock (modern and classic), acoustic (especially classic and new rock), and electric blues guitar. He also has taught group guitar and ukulele classes at Google and other Silicon Valley companies and at the Nueva School. MUS 105 Mondays, 7:00 – 8:50 pm (PT) 8 weeks, June 26 – August 14 1 unit, $470 Limit: 20 Refund Deadline: June 28 Grade Restriction: No letter grade Course Format: On-campus 33 R EGIS T R AT IO N F O R AL L C O UR S ES B EGINS ON MONDAY, MAY 22, AT 8:30 A M (P T ) R EGIS T ER O NL INE AT C O NT INUINGSTU DIES.STA NFORD.EDU